So, I just recently discovered Mechaton, however, when I started to read the various blogs, they all seem to have died out around the same time (between like March and July of 2009). Does anyone happen to have any insight as to why that happened? Everything seemed to be quite active, but then all of a sudden they all just stopped--no explanations or anything on their sites. They just stopped posting.

I'm just curious if there was an actual reason for it, or if it was just a strange coincidence.

A few things combined - Malcolm getting busy on his thesis, us getting a bit played out on the game, running out of things to talk about on the blog. It was lots of fun to do though, and I still play from time-to-time.

I came late to the Mechaton party and discovered that there's a lot of additional "house rules" and "stuff Vincent's been thinking about"... and, I admit, I found myself just waiting to REALLY get into it when a new rule book came out. It seemed eminent.

As for actual play, there's a Mechaton event at our local con in November (MACE), so it IS being played. Maybe just everything's been said--it's not like it's as complex or nuanced a system as DitV or IaWA. It's a simple minis game with a relatively small set of "mods" or "extensions" from the community. Sometimes, a game can really just be "done" and there's nothing left but the pics and APs.

I came late to the Mechaton party and discovered that there's a lot of additional "house rules" and "stuff Vincent's been thinking about"... and, I admit, I found myself just waiting to REALLY get into it when a new rule book came out. It seemed eminent.

It really did, didn't it. It felt like we were building up to a new rulebook, then "poof". Enh, these things happen.

As for actual play, there's a Mechaton event at our local con in November (MACE), so it IS being played. Maybe just everything's been said--it's not like it's as complex or nuanced a system as DitV or IaWA. It's a simple minis game with a relatively small set of "mods" or "extensions" from the community. Sometimes, a game can really just be "done" and there's nothing left but the pics and APs.

True, which is what I think is going on. Someone new discovers the game, posts some things online, and the community gets fired up for a while. Then, after an indeterminate amount of time, things cool off again.